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Films
2 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Keywords
“Refugees Displaced populations”
x
Series
“0”
x
Colour / Black and white
“Colour”
x
films with a digital version
2
short films
2
x
Region
Middle and Near East
1
South-East Europe
1
Country
Cyprus
1
Jordan
1
Keywords
Children / Young people
1
Family / Kinship
1
Labour
1
Refugees / Displaced populations
2
x
Social Change
1
Directors
Al Akash, Ruba
1
Boswall, Karen
1
Loïzos, Peter
1
Series
not set
2
x
Country of production
Jordan
1
United Kingdom
2
Year of production
1985
1
2014
1
Colour / Black and white
Film list
Boya Boya (Shine Shine)
2014
18
‘
Directed by
Karen Boswall
Ruba Al Akash
.
A portrait of Syrian refugee Mohammed, a 12-year-old shoe shine boy, ‘Boya Boya (Shine Shine)’ looks at the reality of the growing population of urban refugees from a child’s point of view. While
Middle and Near East
Children / Young people
Refugees / Displaced populations
Labour
Sophia and Her People
1985
35
‘
Directed by
Peter Loïzos
.
Sofia and her family lost their village home in 1975 when Turkey invaded Cyprus. The film, mainly set in Nicosia in 1983, shows the pressures of refugee economic recovery through shift work in a
South-East Europe
Refugees / Displaced populations
Social Change
Family / Kinship